nosag cd 148 - JAN H BÖRJESSON - - alla leggenda

Jan H Börjesson (b. 1969) currently serves
as the organist of St. Pauli Church in Gothenburg
and is also regularly engaged both as an organ
and vocal soloist. He regularly serves as an
organ expert in matters of organbuilding and
restoration as well as publishing. He plays here the organ of Jönköping Kristina Church. Börjesson writes about this CD:

"What is a legend in the musical sense? The
question is difficult to answer perhaps when it
refers to a romantic title intended to set the imagination
in motion. Can there be similar traits
among works by diffferent composers that bear
this title? Those familiar with Swedish music
might think immediately of Emil Sjögren’s 24
Legends. In my preparation for this cd I explored
many different composer’s works who chose
to use the title Legend and have found that
Sjögren’s pieces – which were originally intended
to be titled Preludes – are not representative
in their character. The musical legend is often
a piece that has a narrative, almost epic character
and also often contains highly dramatic impressions
and explores a large dynamic range.
Whether my line of argument holds in general
for Legends, I believe it does apply to most of
the pieces represented on this cd. The music was
primarily chosen to be suitable for the instrument
in question but these pieces have much in common
in their character as well. Even the works ofKarg-Elertand Bossithat did not have the Swedish
organ as their point of departure for composition
adapt very well to the organ in the Kristina
Church. We know that on Bossi’s many concert
tours to Sweden, he expressed his great satisfaction
with the Swedish organs. The organ building
firm of Setterquist in Örebro even received an
extremely enthusiastic letter of recommendation
from the famous organ maestro. It has also been
my goal to present a number of Swedish works
that rarely are performed and a many of the works
have not been recorded earlier."